Woman Arrested On Drug Charges

POMPANO BEACHDEERFIELD BEACH — A Pompano Beach woman was arrested Saturday and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to sell, police said.

Ruby Lee Burke, 25, was arrested after police found 61 cocaine ``rocks`` in her apartment in the 600 block of Northwest Seventh Avenue, police said.

The illegal drugs, weighing 13.2 grams, were seized along with $2,370 in cash found in the apartment, police said.

Burke was taken to the Broward County Jail. She was released Sunday on a $2,500 bond.

GUN CHARGES FILED

A Delray Beach man was arrested Saturday after officers found two guns under the passenger seat of his car, police said.

Jean Robert Albert, 28, was charged with carrying concealed firearms, police said. He was taken to the Broward County Jail, where he is being held on a $500 bond.

Police said they were responding to a report that a passenger in Albert`s car had opened fire on another vehicle, damaging a door and flattening a tire. When they searched Albert`s car, officers found a .38-caliber revolver and a 9mm automatic handgun, police said.

ASPHALT PAVER STOLEN

A $16,000 asphalt paver was reported stolen last Wednesday from the Gasperoni Trucking company in the 1900 block of Northwest 22nd Street, police said.

According to police, the machinery was removed from a fenced compound. Police said no signs of forced entry were found.

DIVING EQUIPMENT STOLEN

About $6,000 worth of scuba diving equipment was reported stolen last Tuesday from a warehouse in the 800 block of South Dixie Highway, police said.

Officers said they found the padlock had been removed from the storage room. Five other units in the warehouse complex also were burglarized, police said.

FORKLIFT STOLEN

A forklift valued at $9,261 was reported stolen Friday from Pexco Produce Sales in the 1200 block of Hammondville Road, police said.

Police said they think the thief cut the padlock on the fence surrounding the compound, pushed the forklift out and loaded it on a truck. A Delray Beach woman was arrested last Wednesday after she tried to leave a department store on South Federal Highway with three bags of unpaid merchandise, police said.

Terri Denise Owens, 25, of the 100 block of Southwest 16th Avenue was charged with grand theft, police said. She was released on a $1,000 bond Thursday from the Broward County Jail.

MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING SANDWICHES

After stealing less than $4 worth of sandwiches Thursday, a man fled from police and resisted arrest, police said.

Officers saw Gregory Charles Wilson, 24, in an open field eating three sandwiches that had been reported stolen from a convenience store in the 1900 block of Northeast Second Street, police said. When Wilson saw the officers, he dropped the food and ran, police said.

Police said they found the man hiding in some bushes. When they tried to handcuff him, Wilson hit one of the officers in the face, police said.

Wilson was charged with petty theft, resisting arrest and battery on a law enforcement officer.

PARAMEDICS THREATENED

A Deerfield Beach man was arrested after he threatened fire-rescue personnel with a hammer while they were aiding an injured woman, police said.

Moses Lee Abrams, 28, of Southwest Second Court was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, police said. He is being held at the Broward County Jail on a $350 bond.